(La Porte, IN) - Two drivers involved in a recent collision in La Porte were both allegedly impaired by alcohol.
Phillip Hunter, Jr., 38, and Angela Wright-Keith 49, both of La Porte, are charged with Operating a Vehicle while Intoxicated.
La Porte Police responded to the crash on Friday night at I Street and 6th Street, finding a white Kia Optima driven by Hunter crashed into a doctor’s office sign.
A witness at the intersection told investigators a silver Nissan Sentra operated by Wright-Keith “plowed right into” the Hunter vehicle, according to the police report. They also noted that both drivers “smelled like a liquor store."
Nobody was injured despite heavy damage to both vehicles.
Police said the charge against Hunter was upgraded to a Level 6 felony because he had a prior OWI conviction in 2020.
The investigation indicates both drivers knew each other in some capacity, judging from statements made by Hunter and both of them hugging each other at the crash site.
